Westfield Area School Budget Sparks Community Debate
More than 80 residents, teachers, and students attended a Westfield School Board meeting to weigh the proposed 1977-78 budget of 2,447,962 dollars. The crowd split over eliminating six teaching positions and an 8.7 percent tax hike to cover the shortfall, with supporters arguing a smaller cut is necessary and opponents warning it jeopardizes education quality.
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Westfield
Westfield School Board
Loreene Ginnitti
Ann Shriver
Donald Walker
Helen Baran
Helen Lucas
Robert Jensen
Jensen
Clymer Names Honor Student Julie Bendig Valedictorian
Julie Ellen Bendig of Findley Lake has been named valedictorian of the Clymer Central School graduating class. She plans to attend Ohio State University this fall after earning the Bausch and Lomb Science award and a Regents scholarship.
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Julie Ellen Bendig
Rand
Charles Bendig
Findley Lake
Clymer Central School
Robert A. Jaeger
Ohio State University
Refused Admission Sparks Controversy At Ohio Legion Camp
Vishnu Srivastava, 17, a junior at Whetstone High School in Columbus and National Honor Society member with an A minus average, was refused admission to the Ohio American Legion Boys State summer camp as a foreigner. He was invited to attend the Illinois camp instead. Barbara Jo Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perry of Clymer, was named salutatorian and accepted as a sophomore at the State University of New York at Albany after completing a freshman year at Fredonia State University. Also honored were Nancy Querreveld, Sandra Rothenberger, Wendy Damcott, Timothy Rowan, Benedick Schenk, Wendy Wright, Douglas Neckers, and Jill Howard, named by their schools to the Society of Distinguished American High School Students.
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Vishnu Srivastava
Whetstone High School
Columbus
Ohio
National Honor Society
Ohio American Legion
Legion
Barbara Jo Perry
Robert Perry
Clymer
Fredonia State University
State University of New York At Albany
Miss Bendig
Miss Perry
Nancy Querreveld
Wayde Querreveld
Sandra Rothenberger
D.W. Rothenberger
Wendy Damcott
Norman Damcot
Timothy Rowan
Raymond Rowan
Benedick Schenk
John Schenk
Wendy Wright
George Wright
Douglas Neckers
Kenneth Neckers
Jill Howard
Carol Howard
Pater Howard
Area Man Fined for Letting Dog Freeze to Death
Meadville resident John Paden was fined 100 dollars plus 20 dollars costs by District Justice Robert Leonhart for cruelty to animals. He faced animal neglect charges for permitting a small dog to freeze to death in February at his Hayfield Township home, filed by Crawford County Humane Society agent GH Harned.
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Meadville
John Paden
Robert Leonhart
Paden
Hayfield Township
GH. Harned
Crawford County Humane Society
Promises of Women in Carter Administration Missed Targets
The White House reports 76 percent of top 265 jobs are held by white males, with women at 14 percent, Blacks 9 percent, and Hispanics 4 percent. Cabinet members include Kreps and Harris, with Costanza in the White House staff, while few minority leaders occupy high civil service roles. Officials and advocates cite unmet expectations despite promises to elevate women and minorities.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Tate
America
Americ
Freddie Wechsler
National Women's Political Caucus
Heould
Morehat Betta
Ann Kolker
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Patricia Roberts Harris
Housing and Urban Development
Margaret
Midge" Costanza
Mrs. Harris
Andrew Young
Army
Clifford Alexander
Wade McCree
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
St Marys Man First Cured Of Legionnaires Disease
A 53 year old St Marys man became the first isolated Legionnaires disease patient cured in Pennsylvania since last summer. Treated at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, he was hospitalized in April with pneumonia and a 105 degree fever after March symptoms. Doctors used erythromycin and gentamicin, with the patient’s temperature dropping below 100 as these drugs were given IV.
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Danville
St. Marys
Pennsylvania
Geisinger Medical Center
Frederick Jones
Department of
Thoracic Medicine
Philadelphia
Jones
Local Youth Sentenced For Drug Sale In Meadville
A 17 year old Meadville area youth was sentenced by Crawford County Judge F Joseph Thomas to four to 12 months at the New Castle Youth Development Center after being found guilty of selling marihuana and trimethobenzamide to a state drug control agent. He had escaped from George Junior Republic and was in escape status since December 1975 until captured in Meadville a week before the hearing. The case also included conspiracy to deliver prohibitive substances. AIR FREIGHT UP WASHINGTON Air cargo carried by U S scheduled airlines rose 4 5 percent in 1976 according to the Air Transport Association International mail fell 6 8 percent yet international freight and domestic mail and freight rose in 1976.
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Meadville
Meadville Area
Crawford County
F. Joseph Thomas
New Castle
State Bureau of Drug Control
George Junior Republic
Washington
U.S
The
Air Transport Association
Frequencies considered for growing CB radio use
Washington AP reports the FCC is studying more frequencies for Citizens Band radios as 23 million people use CBs with over 10 million annual sales. Despite 17 new channels added last January reducing congestion, growth continues, prompting the May 1976 formation of the Personal Radio Planning Group to address future needs.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Personal Radio Planning Group
Carlos V Roberts
PCC
Roberts
Commission
Corry Girls Win in Area Gala Days Twirling Event
The Garland Gala Days crowned Cindy Bull queen with Debbie Mourer and Tina Klakamp as her court. Renee Jewell won the baby contest. Winners earned prizes via a penny-a-vote system for the ladies auxiliary. A crowd observed the new people pull with 19 teams competing despite cold weather.
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Garland Volunteer Fire Department
Cindy Bull
Robert Bull
Debbie Mourer
Tina Klakamp
Renee Jewell
Doug Jewell
Justin Jewell
Kristopher Ho
John Ziegler
Ed Waters
Dobler Hose
Girard
Youngsville High School
Franklin
Sparkettes
Corry
Arrow Kadets
Ashtabula
Ohio
Marchine Shields
May Move Bodies To Fairview Plot
Erie County Solicitor Robert Kelleher will seek court approval to exhume bodies from the old poorhouse cemetery for an industrial park. The remains would be reburied in a Fairview cemetery near the Erie County Geriatric Center, with the county acknowledging responsibility due to a 1945 deed issue. The extent of burials is uncertain, though records suggest hundreds possibly buried, the last in 1918.
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ERIE
Erie County
Robert Kelleher
Erie County Geriatric Center
Fairview
Kelleher
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